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Portugal v Austria - Group F: UEFA Euro 2016 — A great captain

During his younger days, not many saw a captain in the Portuguese number 7. After all, he was a kid that threw too many tantrums and sissy fits that one couldn’t expect from a captain.

He has, however, with age become a phenomenal leader. His unrelenting attitude makes it impossible for him to digest defeats, which is why he is always seen galvanizing his team-mates into playing better and win a game with collective effort.

A few weeks ago, when he was wearing the captain’s armband for Real Madrid, he let Karim Benzema take a penalty and score from it even though the Portuguese was on a hattrick at the time.

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